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A review of legislation governing basic education will change the way language policies are navigated at schools. A draft law pushing for multilingualism has not been universally welcomed.

The ANC, and Blade Nzimande in particular, have been forced into an embarrassing climb-down from their position on Afrikaans.

Controversy over language policy practice shrouded Stellenbosch University residence halls as the 2021 university year began. The new year will test whether the revised policy 2021, approved in early December, will open the door for a different picture of multilingualism. Controversy over langu...

Approved by its council on Thursday, Stellenbosch University's language policy will come into effect in January.

DA leader John Steenhuisen and the party’s spokesperson for Public Service and Administration Leon Schreiber led the protest on Tuesday.

The removal of Afrikaans as an indigenous South African language flies in the face of a Constitutional Court ruling, the DA has argued.

"The court bemoaned the misconception that it (Afrikaans) is ‘the language of whites’ and ‘the language of the oppressor' - John Steenhuisen

DA leader John Steenhuisen lead a protest earlier on Tuesday together with shadow public service and administration minister Leon Schreiber.

The focus was to revive the role of African languages in the core functions of South Africa’s university system.

Rhodes University has collaborated with local and foreign universities in an effort to revive and preserve indigenous African languages.